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Obama’s Early Childhood Education Legacy

January 13, 2017

U.S. News & World Report

Next week, President Barack Obama will end his term as our nation’s 44th president. This has inspired much reflection on his legacy in recent months – as well as questions about what elements of that legacy will endure. There’s been relatively little attention to the administration’s legacy on early childhood education. But the Obama administration has supported a number of policies and initiatives that have benefited young children and families, some of which are likely to endure into the future.